Allison of Backseat Blonde is tracking the points "if we were under the old points system." I cut and pasted the chart below. It didn't translate real well, but I think you can follow it. If not, here's the link to her page:

In other words, we would have 6 drivers with a realistic chance at winning the title, and three so close you can't take a deep breath. Now, we have 10 drivers that, no matter what happens, can't finish worse than 10th, and a bunch who can't do better than 11th. Wow. That's a barn burner, isn't it?